Justice older than the law
Subtitle: the life of Dovey Johnson Roundtree
By: Katie McCabe and Dovey Johnson Roundtree.
Contributors: Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, 1914-
Series: Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi; Brand: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781604731323
Subjects: Roundtree, Dovey Johnson, -- 1914-; Lawyers -- United States -- Biography; African American lawyers -- United States -- Biography; Women lawyers -- United States -- Biography; Segregation in transportation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History; Segregation -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History; Civil rights -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations -- History
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Walking unafraid; title: Making somethin' of yourself; title: "Pass it on": Spelman and the legacy of Mae Neptune; title: My America; title: "Everybody's war"; title: Uneasy peace; title: Making war on a lie: the assault on Plessy v. Ferguson; title: Taking on "the Supreme Court of the confederacy": the case of Sarah Louise Keys; title: At the threshold of justice; title: Out of the darkness; title: "Peer of the most powerful"; title: Healing the brokenness.